Where does “bai” come from?

bai (Old French) comes from Latin badius, from Proto-Indo-European bodyos — yellow.

bai (Old French): bay-colored

Definitions

  1. bay-colored

Ancestry of “bai”, step by step

bai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin badius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbadiusreddish brown, chestnut colored, bay
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbodyosyellow

via Old French bau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbau—

Words derived from “bai”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bodyos →Every word from Latin badius →